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CAP TILE AND TILE ROOF Filed March 23, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented May 26, 1931 --r UNITED STATES PATENT OFF-ICE EDWARD HERING, OF BEVERLY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED STATES PIPE &

FOUNDRY COMPANY, JERSEY OF BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY, A CQR-PORA'IION CAP TILE AND TILE-ROOF Application filed March 23, 1929. Serial No. 349,304.

My invention relates to tile roofing and particularly to the construction of the cap tile used in connection with the flanged tiles making up the body of the roof and the combination of my improved cap tile with the other elements of the roof. The object of my invention is to provide a roof which, in the first place, will be securely anchored to the roof beams; in the second place, will be of such a character .that the individual tiles making upthe roof have a certain freedom of relative adjustment with respect to each other so that'the roof will remain intact although subjected to strains which tend to relatively displace its component tiles and,

. in the third place, my object is to provide a tile roof structure which permits the ready adjustment and replacement of individual tiles at any part of the roof structure.

The nature of my improvements will be best understood as described in connection with the drawings in which Figure l is a plan view of a portion of a roof structure comprising cap tiles of my improved construction shown as operatively connected with the other tiles making up the roof.

Figure 2 is an end elevation of the roof section shown in Fig. 1 showing also the ridge tiles which I prefer to employ in my roof construction.

Figure 3 is a cross section through one of the flanged tiles used in my roof structure taken for example on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, showing also cross sections of the ends of adjacent tiles and of the cap pieces as assembled in Fig. 1.

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional elevation taken on the line 44:' of Fig. 1.

Figure 5 a longitudinal sectional elevation taken on the line 5-5 of Fig; 1 and Figure 6 a cross section taken 011 the line 6-6 of Fig. 4.

A, A etc. represent the main tiles of the roof structure. These tiles are formed with lateral upwardly extending flanges indicated at A and preferably with shorter downwardly extending lateral flanges as indicated at A They are also formed with hoods as indicated at A formed at the lower the roof beams on which ported. As shown these beams having flanges indicated at D A rest upon the flanges being cut away tile as indicated at A central edges of the tile and extending upward preferably to near the-top of the tile as shown at A vThe head merges into the flat body of the tile leaving the upper edge of the tile, indicated at Ai-flat.

B indicates the cap tile. The main distinguishing feature of this tile consists of a lug B extending downward from a point near the lower end of the cap tile to such an extent that its lower end will extend beyond the flat tiles of the roof and beyond the upper ends of the flanges of the roof supporting beams. In the lower end of this lug is formed a recess or cavity toreceive a fastening device. This may be of any convenient character. As shown in the drawings, it consists of a recess B adapted to receive a wedge such as indicated at C. B indicates a strengthening web extending downward from the top of the cap tile. B indicates the closed lower end of the cap tile having a lip or extension B extending below the lateral edges of the tile. D, D etc. indicate the tiles are supbeams are angle Referring'toFig. 2 b is a ridge cap tile formed at an angle the ends of which are similar in construction to the cap tiles B and are each provided with a lug indicated at b of the same construction indicated at B My tiles are assembled together as shown in the drawings. The upper ends of the tiles beams D, the lower lateral atthe top of the The lower ends of the tiles A rest upon the tops of tiles in a lower row, the lower lateral flanges again being cut away as indicated at A. These tiles are arranged in staggered rows, the tiles of'each row being spaced from each other as clearly indicated in Fig. 3. The cap tiles B are then placed in position, extend ing, as shown in Fig. 3, over the upwardly extending lateral flanges of the tiles A and ing roof beams they are securely attached so that the cap tiles are held firmly in position as shown and, as I prefer to secure the cap tiles to the roof beams, wedges C are driven into the recesses B and under the flange D of the roof beam. The ends 13 of the cap tiles extend down over the lower ends of the lat eral flanges of the tiles A and the lips 13 extend below the ends of the flat portions of the tiles A into contact with the flat upper ends A of tiles A in the lower row.

By the described construction and assembly of parts it will be seen that the cap tiles which as I have stated are firmly secured to the roof beams interlock with and prevent the downward motion of the tiles A, the lateral flanges of which are covered by the cap tiles while at the same time considerable freedom for lateral movement is given to the individual tiles A. It will also be seen that where for any reason it is desirable to remove some of the individual tiles of the roof this can readily be accomplished by driving out the wedges securing individual cap tiles to the roof beams and lifting them out from the roof structure, thus permitting the tiles A, interlocked so to speak, to be readily re moved.

It will of course be understood from the drawings that the upper ends of the cap tiles extend into the hoods A of an upper row of tiles A as do also the upper ends of the lateral flanges A which are covered by the cap tile.

My invention has been especially concerned with the manufacture of cast iron tiles for which it is especially well adapted and the design of the individual tiles illustrated in the drawings in the matter of the thickness and proportion of the individual parts of the tiles as established refers to cast iron. It will be understood however that my invention is applicable to tiles made of other materials and that in designing a tile a proportionate thickness of the part will depend upon the material employed.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A tile roof comprising in combination parallel beams upon which the tiles are supported, tiles having upwardly xtending latteral flanges and an upwardly extending centrally located hood arranged in parallel rows with the tiles of each row in staggered relation to those of the other rows with their upper ends resting on the roof beams and their lower ends resting on the upper ends of a lower row of tiles with their hoods extending over the lateral flanges of two adjacent tiles said tiles in each row being spaced from each other, cap tiles extending over the lateral flanges of adjacent tiles of each row and into the hood of tiles in an upper row, said cap tiles having near their lower ends downwardly extending lugs of such length that they extend below the top of the tile supporting beam and means for firmly securing said lugs to the beams.

2. A roof structure having the features of claim 1 in which the lower ends of the lateral flanges of adjacent roofing tiles contact with the transverse wall at the lower end of the cap piece covering said flanges.

EDWARD HERING. 

